Experience at Mayo Clinic

We spent most of this week at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN seeing doctors and having tests to get a second opinion concerning the previous ALS diagnosis I had received. I do not have the words to be able to express how impressed Genelle and I are with Mayo's. If I were to attempt to describe Mayo's in one word it would be "excellence." They do everything with such excellence.

If we were to do church in the same manner they do medicine, the Kingdom of God would explode.

From the moment we walked into the Mayo Clinic we knew this was a different place. The atmosphere was different from any medical facility I had ever been in. It was more than the beautiful marble or the grand pianos that anyone was welcome to play or gather around and sing. It was the people: the volunteers who greeted us and answered questions; the staff who were courteous, friendly, knowledgeable and competent; and the physicians who work in teams and consult with each other.

Teamwork, excellence, finding solutions, helping, caring, offering hope and compassion, everyone taking ownership, healing people - sounds like what the Church is supposed to be like - but it was Mayo Clinic.

For those wondering what they had to say about me? They did not confirm ALS. They are leaning towards ALS, but did not diagnose me as such. We go back in six months and we are believing that there will not be any further progression or deterioration of the muscles any where in my body and that there will be total restoration of the muscles that have been damaged. We ask that you believe with us.

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